Civometry

Department for Education · 8 June 2001 – 5 May 2005

Young people NEET, number during the Labour 2001–2005 government

2000 → 2004 · 4 periods

↑ 17.3%+108,782 people

Young people NEET, number rose by 17.3% over the period, from 628,846 people (2000, the level when the government took office) to 737,628 (2004, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level 2000: 628,846
  2. Level when it left 2004: 737,628
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Young people NEET, number: 2000 to 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0250k500k750k2000201020202000: 628,846 people · published 4 August 20262001: 659,988 people · published 4 August 20262002: 661,210 people · published 4 August 20262003: 666,843 people · published 4 August 20262004: 737,628 people · published 4 August 20262005: 824,292 people · published 4 August 20262006: 804,099 people · published 4 August 20262007: 767,857 people · published 4 August 20262008: 844,550 people · published 4 August 20262009: 880,179 people · published 4 August 20262010: 933,046 people · published 4 August 20262011: 967,132 people · published 4 August 20262012: 892,618 people · published 4 August 20262013: 845,959 people · published 4 August 20262014: 786,305 people · published 4 August 20262015: 692,155 people · published 4 August 20262016: 668,411 people · published 4 August 20262017: 644,944 people · published 4 August 20262018: 650,765 people · published 4 August 20262019: 649,213 people · published 4 August 20262020: 694,610 people · published 4 August 20262021: 624,000 people · published 4 August 20262022: 739,131 people · published 4 August 20262023: 733,330 people · published 4 August 20262024: 836,955 people · published 4 August 20262025: 839,893 people · published 4 August 2026
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Definition and caveats

The estimated number of 16 to 24 year olds in England not in education, employment or training in the October to December quarter.

Doesn’t measure: Who they are individually: it is a survey-weighted estimate, not a register.